So what was I doing on a stormy, freezing hill in December, knee-deep in snow, bundled in four layers of protective clothing and thick boots? How did I end up in Norway for Christmas, snowshoe ...

Plummeting down Kaunispää hill, it descends 1.8 km deep into the forest ... a self-propelled snow blower made by Overaasen in Norway. A towering 4.5 metres tall, this 1,500-horsepower behemoth ...